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{{short description|Pakistani politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Naghma Mushtaq Lang
|honorific-suffix =
|office = Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
|term_start = 15 August 2018
|term_end =
|constituency = PP-223 (Multan-XIII)
|term_start1 = 29 May 2013
|term_end1 = 31 May 2018
|constituency1 = PP-206 (Multan-XIII)
|term_start2 = 2008
|term_end2 = April 2010
|constituency2 = PP-206 (Multan-XIII)
|office3 = Minister of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
|term_start3 = November 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pap.gov.pk/members/profile/en/20/1052|title = Punjab Assembly | Members - Members' Directory}}</ref>
|term_end3 = May 2018
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1968}}
|birth_place = Multan
|nationality = Pakistani
|party = [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]]
}}[[File:Beautiful view of Punjab Assembly Lahore - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Punjab Assembly Lahore|alt=Beautiful view of Punjab Assembly Lahore - panoramio.jpg]]

'''Naghma Mushtaq Lang''' ({{Lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|نغمہ مشتاق لانگ}}}}; born 1968) is a Pakistani politician and Ex-Minister [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] who has been a Member of the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] 3 times and now she is also an MPA since August 2018. Previously, she was a member of the Punjab Assembly from 2008 to 2010 and again from May 2013 to May 2018.

==Early life ==
Lang was born in 1968. She is the wife of a former member [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] and former Tehsil Nazim of [[Jalalpur Pirwala]] Malik Mushtaq Ahmed Lang.<ref name="pap/2013">{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1052|website=www.pap.gov.pk|access-date=29 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614095438/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/20/1052|archive-date=14 June 2017}}</ref>

==Political career==
Naghma Mushtaq Lang was elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (Q)]] (PML-Q) from [[Constituency PP-206 (Multan-XIII)]] in [[2008 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=PML-Q to support PM's brother in by-polls|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/670926|access-date=30 January 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Punjab Assembly|url=http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/687|website=www.pap.gov.pk|access-date=29 January 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704110241/http://www.pap.gov.pk/index.php/members/profile/en/19/687|archive-date=4 July 2017}}</ref> She received 28,109 votes and defeated a candidate of [[Pakistan Peoples Party]] (PPP).<ref>{{cite web|title=2008 election result|url=https://www.ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|access-date=24 March 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105060230/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202008/Report,%20General%20Election%202008,%20Vol-II.pdf|archive-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> She resigned from her Punjab Assembly seat in April 2010 after her graduation degree was challenged.<ref>{{cite news|title=PP-206: Mujtaba emerges favourite candidate|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/894595|access-date=29 January 2018|work=DAWN.COM|date=30 April 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912134338/https://www.dawn.com/news/894595|archive-date=12 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Six MNAs, 11 MPAs have resigned over fake degrees|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/246609|access-date=29 January 2018|work=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129055509/https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/246609|archive-date=29 January 2018}}</ref>

She was re-elected to the [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]] as a candidate of [[Pakistan Muslim League (N)]] (PML-N) from Constituency PP-206 (Multan-XIII) in [[2013 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Only 6 of 150 women candidates win NA seats: Report - The Express Tribune|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/550191/only-6-of-150-women-candidates-win-na-seats-report/|access-date=29 January 2018|work=The Express Tribune|date=16 May 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210010849/http://tribune.com.pk/story/550191/only-6-of-150-women-candidates-win-na-seats-report/|archive-date=10 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Six women lawmakers win again on general seats|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/28/six-women-lawmakers-win-again-on-general-seats/|access-date=29 January 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129055508/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/05/28/six-women-lawmakers-win-again-on-general-seats/|archive-date=29 January 2018}}</ref> She received 43,228 votes and defeated Malik Muhammad Akram Kahnu, a candidate of PPP.<ref>{{cite web|title=2013 election result|url=https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|publisher=ECP|access-date=25 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201140612/https://ecp.gov.pk/Documents/General%20Elections%202013%20report/Election%20Report%202013%20Volume-II.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2018}}</ref>

In December 2013, she was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for population welfare.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reporter |first1=The Newspaper's Staff |title=35 parliamentary secys appointed |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1072208 |access-date=13 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=13 December 2013}}</ref>

In November 2016, she was inducted into the provincial Punjab cabinet of Chief Minister [[Shehbaz Sharif]] and was made Provincial Minister of Punjab for Zakat and Ushr.<ref>{{cite news|title=Punjab govt hands over portfolios to newly appointed cabinet ministers|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/29/punjab-govt-hands-over-portfolios-to-newly-appointed-cabinet-ministers/|access-date=29 January 2018|work=www.pakistantoday.com.pk|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170324181221/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/11/29/punjab-govt-hands-over-portfolios-to-newly-appointed-cabinet-ministers/|archive-date=24 March 2017}}</ref>

She was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-223 (Multan-XIII) in [[2018 Pakistani general election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan election 2018 results: National and provincial assemblies |url=https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |access-date=3 September 2018 |work=Samaa TV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729083521/https://www.samaa.tv/news/2018/07/live-pakistan-election-2018-results/ |archive-date=2018-07-29 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Women members of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:1968 births]]
[[Category:Pakistan Muslim League (N) MPAs (Punjab)]]
[[Category:Punjab MPAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Women provincial ministers of Punjab]]
[[Category:21st-century Pakistani women politicians]]

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